Drawer-guide



G. B. .WHEARY. DRAWER cums. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 31. i914 1,304,133.Patented May 20,1919.

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GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

DRAWER-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 20, 1919.

Application filed October 31, 1914. Serial No. 869,519. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in'Drawer- Guides, of whichthe following is a descrip' tion, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in drawer guides.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a drawerguide more particularly adapted for use in slidably supporting drawersof bureaus, cabinets, etc., with the minimum amount of friction, inorder to facilitate the opening and closing thereof and to prevent thedrawers from jamming upon the support thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drawer guide whichwill prevent the tilting of the drawer downwardly when the drawer iswithdrawn almost entirely out of its casing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drawer guide which isof simple construction, is strong and durable and is well adapted forthe purpose desired.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of theimproved drawer guide and its parts and combinations as set forth in theclaims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views:

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a cabinet and drawer providedwith the im proved drawer guide;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,a part of the drawer being broken away to'show parts in the rearthereof;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view thereof taken on line 33 of Fig.2; and

Fig. 4: is a sectional detail view taken on line 4.4 of Fig. 2.-

Referring to the drawing the numeral 8 indicates a portion of a cabinetor other piece of furniture having a slidable drawer 9 provided with theimproved guide 10.

The portion of the cabinet shown is of a type in which drawers mountedone above another may be pulled outwardly to positions of convenientaccessibility while supported on the drawer guides.

It is to be understood however that the guides may be of the same lengthas the depth of'the drawers as in ordinary bureaus without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

'In order to accommodate the guides the slde portions 11 of the drawerare grooved or recessed as indicated by the numeral 12 to receive thechanneled-portions 13 of the channel guide plates 14 mounted thereon.The said guide plates are of U-shape in cross section and havecomparatively wide flange portions 15 for attaching the plates to thedrawer sides by nails 16 Or other desirable means. As the metal of theguide plates is comparatively thin the plates will be substantiallyflush with the outer sides of the drawers.

Guide members 17 formed preferably of round metal rods having aperturedflattened end and medial portions 18 and 18 are mounted on the innersides of the side Walls 19 of the cabinet and the channeled guide plates14 are slidably mounted thereon. The flattened end and medial portionsof the guide members offset the supporting portions 20 from the sidewalls of the cabinet a sufficient distance so that the said portions 20extend into the channels of the guide plates and form a firm support forthe drawer.

The medial flattened and offset portions of the guide members serve toreinforce the medial portions of the guide members and in long guidemembers more than one flattened portion may be provided.

As the guide members fit fairly close within the channeled portions ofthe guide plates the ordinary drawers may be pulled outwardly aconsiderable distance so that only a small portion of the supportingmembers will be engaged by the drawer plates without permitting thedrawers to tilt downwardly or bind. The metal contact between the twoportions of each drawer guide also serves to eliminate friction to alarge extent so that the drawer may be easily moved on extending intothe channeled portion of said channeled member and having aperturedflattened offset portions which space the guide portion of the rod awayfrom the support to which it is attached.

2. A drawer guide, comprising an elongated strip of material of U-shapein cross section and having flange portions projecting laterallytherefrom, and a guide rod member having an elongated portion round incross'section which enters the U-shaped portion of the strip of materialand is provided with oflset flattened apertured portions for attachingthe guide rod member to a support and oflsetting the guide portions fromthe support.

3. In combination with a casing having a slidable drawer provided withhorizontally extending elongated recesses in its side por- Copies ofthis patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

tions, of guide members therefor, comprising elongated strips ofmaterial of U-shape in cross section and having flange portionsprojecting laterally therefrom, the U-shaped portions. of said guidemembers extending into the drawer recesses and the flange portions ofsaid members being secured to the side portions of the drawer, and guiderod members having offset flattened apertured portions attached to thecasing and elongated rounded supported portions which are offset fromthe casing and extend into the elongated recesses of the guide members.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. Witnesses:

GEORGE BEMUsH, EMMIA RASMUSSEN.

Washington, 1). '0.

